Le Challenge - fine

Let's try something new for Le Challenge. The theme is FINE.

I bought new bracelet and I thought I could make some too. I used leather scraps. I consider leather as a fine material.

It's pretty easy. I made two because I like to make two at the time. I can either give it to someone or wear them separately or both at the same time. We'll see.

I used baby press buttons as closure

The color of leather I used matches with my new hair. Coincidence? Not really :)

There is fine line between genius and insanity.

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Le Challenge - wood

It's that time of the month! Le Challenge!

When I have too many ideas or none at all I turn to Google and search for pics. When I typed the word WOOD I got a lot of wooden floors.

I also go for classic combos like linen and leather or B&W variation. I sewed the zipper in first and added the leather pieces later on. I used french knots to attach them.

I would definitely recommend to use pliers for pulling the thread through leather. To be honest I'm not so thrilled with the result. The knots are uneven and the whole thing is little wonky due to stretching material.

On the other hand it was fun to just create for the beauty of creating. That is exactly what I like about Le Challenge. Just create something on the given theme.

I ran out of linen so the back is bit funky but still matches well with the zipper.

For those who like to peak inside.

That's it. All done. The next theme is SINGLE. No idea since I prefer to make stuff at last minute, lol.

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X pouch and other news

So here is the X pouch I made for Le Challenge. It might be not the prettiest I ever made but I like this combo of chocolate brown base and mustard leather embellishment.

As usual I marked the straight lines with masking tape.

I kept the quilting pretty simple. When I was writing one exterior piece pouch tutorial I got this idea of trying one lining piece as well. It worked and it is so easy!

See no seam at the bottom!

The back side is very simple.

This week I was really excited to find out that my leather circles pouches made it to top 22 of Purse Palooza. Check out all those amazing bags and vote for the one you like.

Oh yes, I'm still in leather scraps mood and when I saw Bengal gathered clutch by Noodlehead I had to start one as well.

And you might be wondering about my notebook. No it is not fixed. They have to diagnose it first and we have to decide if it is worth to invest the money in repair. I'm using older notebook which we thought would not be suitable but I installed the programs I needed and I'm back in the game. Woohoo!

Linking up with TGIFF and Finish it up Friday.

Q4 - Leather circles pouches

You saw the start of these pouches on Monday and today I share the finish.

Those were on my FAL Q4 list as I intend to link them up to Purse Palooza. Considering it's the last day of November  October I'm not doing very well with my list. This is finish 1/13.

I previously made them in grey. I made the corners round as it goes better with those circles.

I completed the pouch or I should say wristlet with matching zipper pull. You can find a tutorial on how to make those here.

If I'm undecided what to use for lining, I pick what I have on top :)

Linking up with TGIFF and Crazy mom quilts.